Refurb Projects September 2018

SCHOOL BUILDING
Grundfos know the questions to Aske
The Haberdashers’ Aske School
in Elstree is a leading
independent school for girls of
4-18. Originally established in
1875, it is a well-respected name
within the education sector. Their
aim is to help each pupil attain their
individual potential.
This forward-thinking attitude
seeps into many other aspects
relating to the school and can for
example be seen following through
into recent building improvement
works. F G Alden, Building Services
Engineers from Oxford were tasked
with delivering a new project and
turned to Grundfos Pumps to help
them to deliver the best pump
solution.
With energy efficiency a key
driver in the school’s overall
ambitions, both parties focussed on
this aspect to deliver the best M&E
result. The outcome was a complete,
integrated state-of-the-art HVAC
and water boosting pump package.
This included the most advanced
pump technological solutions
available to the market such as the
Grundfos MAGNA3 commercial
circulators and TPE2 single stage inline
pumps, as well as the Hydro
MPC-E booster set.
Maintaining a leading-edge
position, regardless of the sector you
operate in, can be difficult, however,
by linking up with people with the
right expertise, the results can be
exceptional.
For more information of this and
many other solutions visit
www.grundfos.co.uk
Armstrong Ceilings set to debut virtual reality education experience
The leading UK manufacturer
will debut a virtual reality
ceiling installation in a
classroom at the Education
Estates exhibition at Manchester
Central from October 16th to 17th
(stand G11) and at the Education
Buildings exhibition at Edinburgh
International Conference Centre
from November 21st to 22nd (stand
B9).
On the Armstrong stand, users of
the new VR experience will find
themselves transported to a typical
classroom setting which has not
been acoustically treated. Amidst the
students, they will hear for
themselves how typical classroom
noise and clatter effects
intelligibility and acoustic comfort.
Finally, the user will personally
experience the acoustical
transformation of the learning
environment through the
installation of a typical classroom
ceiling system solution, using
Ultima+ acoustic tiles (the first
mineral ceiling tile range in Europe
to win Cradle to Cradle
certification), Blind Boxes, Axiom
transitions, and Prelude 24 TLS
suspension system .
It makes it easy to see why 65%
of teachers in a London South Bank
University survey reported voice
problems during their career – a
point the VR experience also makes
as well as the fact that up to 30%
of what is said in classrooms is
missed due to extraneous noise. The
presentation also shows that a high
light-reflecting ceiling can also help
with eye strain and fatigue.
Designed for specifiers to
experience for themselves how to
create a better and more sustainable
learning environment, whether it is
new-build or refurbishment, the VR
experience will be joined on stand
by the new education brochure and
demonstrations of Armstrong’s
online selector tool. This advises
specifiers on the well-being
requirements for a variety of school
rooms including auditoriums,
classrooms, gyms, cafes, lobbies and
corridors.
Case studies on the use of
Armstrong solutions at UK schools
including Ystalyfera Welsh Medium
Comprehensive School in South
Wales, Royal Holloway University of
London and Parsons Tower at
Newcastle College, will also be
featured.
More information is accessible via
the Armstrong Ceilings website
https://www.armstrongceilings.com
/commercial/en-gb/.
16 SEPTEMBER 2018, REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS